@bicoastaldem.bsky.social
“not to congratulate China for its authoritarian government… But it merits pondering how this undemocratic government could successfully slash its poverty rate when the richest and oldest democracy in the world wouldn’t.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice
Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“not to congratulate China for its authoritarian government… But it merits pondering how this undemocratic government could successfully slash its poverty rate when the richest and oldest democracy in the world wouldn’t.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
Lesson: “ignore billionaires when they threaten to take their marbles and go home. The big money always responds to threats of tax hikes, even mere verbal criticism, by threatening to go Ayn Rand and move to Galt’s Gulch. In they won’t even move to Florida”
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-plutoc...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-plutoc...
The Plutocrats Who Cried “Commie”
About that “fleeing New York” claim
paulkrugman.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Lesson: “ignore billionaires when they threaten to take their marbles and go home. The big money always responds to threats of tax hikes, even mere verbal criticism, by threatening to go Ayn Rand and move to Galt’s Gulch. In they won’t even move to Florida”
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-plutoc...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-plutoc...
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Only insane people would seek out the counsel of Larry Summers, who relies on Jeffrey Epstein for dating advice and Milton Friedman for economic inspiration.
Nonetheless, this is exactly what CAP and other elite organizations have done.
Nonetheless, this is exactly what CAP and other elite organizations have done.
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding CAP’s ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Only insane people would seek out the counsel of Larry Summers, who relies on Jeffrey Epstein for dating advice and Milton Friedman for economic inspiration.
Nonetheless, this is exactly what CAP and other elite organizations have done.
Nonetheless, this is exactly what CAP and other elite organizations have done.
April: “the president also teased the idea that income taxes could be "substantially reduced" or even "completely eliminated" as a result of his tariffs”
VS. November
VS. November
November 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
April: “the president also teased the idea that income taxes could be "substantially reduced" or even "completely eliminated" as a result of his tariffs”
VS. November
VS. November
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@stephruhle.bsky.social points out Trump administration policies that are hurting Americans while Trump says he doesn't want to hear about affordability.
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
@stephruhle.bsky.social points out Trump administration policies that are hurting Americans while Trump says he doesn't want to hear about affordability.
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“The bullies tried to get us, and we fought back.”
Marion County Record publisher and editor Eric Meyer joins @stephruhle.bsky.social to react to his paper being awarded over $3 million from the county after the 2023 raid.
Marion County Record publisher and editor Eric Meyer joins @stephruhle.bsky.social to react to his paper being awarded over $3 million from the county after the 2023 raid.
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“The bullies tried to get us, and we fought back.”
Marion County Record publisher and editor Eric Meyer joins @stephruhle.bsky.social to react to his paper being awarded over $3 million from the county after the 2023 raid.
Marion County Record publisher and editor Eric Meyer joins @stephruhle.bsky.social to react to his paper being awarded over $3 million from the county after the 2023 raid.
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"There is a non-zero chance we repeat this all over again at the end of January when the funding deal will run out. There’s a reason you’re not supposed to negotiate with terrorists." www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
Dems Reward the Hostage-Taker
Perhaps ending the shutdown was the responsible thing to do. But by caving, Democrats risk legitimizing Trump’s maximum-pain shutdown tactics.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"There is a non-zero chance we repeat this all over again at the end of January when the funding deal will run out. There’s a reason you’re not supposed to negotiate with terrorists." www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
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Our review of 700+ videos of the Portland protests shows a wide gap between the reality on the ground and the characterizations by Trump, Fox News and DHS, which said its office in the city was under “coordinated assault by violent groups.”
By @robwdavis.bsky.social and Steve Suo
By @robwdavis.bsky.social and Steve Suo
What Really Happened in Portland Before Trump Deployed the National Guard
In the two months before Trump’s decision, criminal charges were announced against only three people. On nights when physical conflict did erupt, it often came from police firing on, shoving, pepper-s...
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Our review of 700+ videos of the Portland protests shows a wide gap between the reality on the ground and the characterizations by Trump, Fox News and DHS, which said its office in the city was under “coordinated assault by violent groups.”
By @robwdavis.bsky.social and Steve Suo
By @robwdavis.bsky.social and Steve Suo
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
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My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.
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Good morning and welcome to this giftlink thread of Weekend FT highlights. Get 'em while they're hot, try not to complain when they're gone!
First up Yuval Noah Harari writes the Weekend Essay on the generosity and compromises needed for peace on.ft.com/4ovGWcb
First up Yuval Noah Harari writes the Weekend Essay on the generosity and compromises needed for peace on.ft.com/4ovGWcb
Yuval Noah Harari: Only generosity can secure peace between Israelis and Palestinians
[FREE TO READ] Both sides must abandon false moral certainties and oversimplified historical narratives if the cycle of violence is to be broken
on.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Good morning and welcome to this giftlink thread of Weekend FT highlights. Get 'em while they're hot, try not to complain when they're gone!
First up Yuval Noah Harari writes the Weekend Essay on the generosity and compromises needed for peace on.ft.com/4ovGWcb
First up Yuval Noah Harari writes the Weekend Essay on the generosity and compromises needed for peace on.ft.com/4ovGWcb
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
“This is antifascist economics – not opposing any particular party, but addressing the material conditions that make fascism appealing. It’s a program restoring universal dignity rather than fueling divides and blaming scapegoats for the crisis”.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Zohran Mamdani shows how Democrats can defeat authoritarians like Trump | Isabella Weber
Democrats have two choices: fight to make life affordable again for ordinary people or watch voters embrace authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
“This is antifascist economics – not opposing any particular party, but addressing the material conditions that make fascism appealing. It’s a program restoring universal dignity rather than fueling divides and blaming scapegoats for the crisis”.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Apparently the internet has figured out that the new Oval Office signage and gilding is at base a literal meme template
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Apparently the internet has figured out that the new Oval Office signage and gilding is at base a literal meme template
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Our essay: Hunger is not an emergency: substack.com/profile/5411...
October 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Our essay: Hunger is not an emergency: substack.com/profile/5411...
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We did 163 essays at Evening News Plus. This was our last one: Why Journalism? substack.com/profile/5411...
John Dickerson (@johnfdickerson)
We did 163 essays at Evening News Plus. This was our last one: Why Journalism?
substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We did 163 essays at Evening News Plus. This was our last one: Why Journalism? substack.com/profile/5411...
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Since 2000, the richest 1% of the world's population has taken 41% of new wealth, the poorest half has received only 1%.
Rich buy political parties, media, means of production, cause corruption, climate crisis, make mockery of democracy. Poor die early.
Must redistribute or risk social disorder.
Rich buy political parties, media, means of production, cause corruption, climate crisis, make mockery of democracy. Poor die early.
Must redistribute or risk social disorder.
We cannot continue letting billionaires keep the world's money while the poorest suffer
Since 2000, the richest 1% of the world's population has taken 41% of all new wealth. The poorest half of the world has received only 1%.
www.bigissue.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Since 2000, the richest 1% of the world's population has taken 41% of new wealth, the poorest half has received only 1%.
Rich buy political parties, media, means of production, cause corruption, climate crisis, make mockery of democracy. Poor die early.
Must redistribute or risk social disorder.
Rich buy political parties, media, means of production, cause corruption, climate crisis, make mockery of democracy. Poor die early.
Must redistribute or risk social disorder.
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79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
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Dude quoted Eugene Debbs out of the gate. Dope. The great triggering will begin.
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Dude quoted Eugene Debbs out of the gate. Dope. The great triggering will begin.
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Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A searing coda from @rtraister.bsky.social, correctly indicting Dems' tendency to lean on and coddle gerontocrats: "The short-term grab at a familiar past got us through an immediate crisis, yes, but simultaneously assured a longer-term and more corrosive defeat." nymag.com/intelligence...
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A searing coda from @rtraister.bsky.social, correctly indicting Dems' tendency to lean on and coddle gerontocrats: "The short-term grab at a familiar past got us through an immediate crisis, yes, but simultaneously assured a longer-term and more corrosive defeat." nymag.com/intelligence...